Ha graduated from Sogang University with a degree in political science and diplomacy, and from Paris Dauphine University with a degree in political science. He is currently working in the political journalism and communications department at Mokpo National University. 『Major research books include Images, The Faces of Symbols, Recreations, and Movement』 (2017); 『Reading the Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere by Habermas』 (2016);『Politics of the Dead』 (2014); 『Gwanghwamun and Political Power』 (2010); 『Pantheon: Symbolic Politics of Revolution and Rebellion, from the Church to the French Republic Graveyard』 (2007).